Toy engine



J. A. BALLANTYNE.

TOY ENGINE.

APPLICATION FIVLED JAN. 11. 1921.

1,394,136. Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALEXANDER BALLANTYNE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

TOY ENGINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed January 11, 1921. Serial No. 436,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ALEXANDER BALLANTYNE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 4.4 Greyhound Lane, Streatham Common, London, S. W., 16, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a new or improved toy engine made of wood or other material, the object being to construct a toy engine, which, on being pulled or moved forward, produces the effect of emitting steam both in appearance and sound, and can be made to sound a whistle at will.

According to this invention the effect of steam being emitted is produced by white wool or other suitable material or substance pushed or forced up and down the funnel of the engine by the action of a cam or equivalent actuated by the movement of the wheels, and the sound produced in imitation of the emission of steam, which synchronizes with the appearance of the wool as it issues from the funnel, is caused by the rubbing together of two surfaces, covered with sand paper or other suitable material, at each revolution of the wheels. The blowing of a whistle is caused by the compression of bellows actuated with the string or cord by which the engine is drawn forward.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood I have appended the accompanying drawing.

Figure l is a side elevation of a toy engine constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a part sectional plan View of Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the front wheels of the engine showing the mechanism which actuates the wool up and down the funnel.

Fig. 4c is a side elevation of one of the wheels and actuating mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing another form of mechanism for actuating the wool up and down the funnel.

A represents the funnel of the engine, which is hollow, a the wool or other suitable material, a the rod or plunger to the upper end of which the wool is attached, a the opening in the part B, representing the boiler of the engine, through which the rod or plunger 01. passes, a the bar, fixed between the wheels D, which actuates the rod or plunger a d the revolving surfaces fixed to the sides of the wheels D which rub against the stationary surface 65 fixed to the bed of the engine between the wheels D, E-

the bellows which sound the whistle c and e the string or wire by which the bellows are actuated.

It will be seen as the engine moves forward that with each revolution of the wheels D the wool 61, is caused to project out of and disappear into the funnel A, thereby giving the effect of intermittent pufi s of steam, and that as the revolving surfaces (Z come in contact with the stationary surface (Z a sound in imitation of the emisslon of steam is produced, synchronizing with the appearance of the wool as it issues from such funnel. It will also be seen by giving the string or wire 6 b which the engine is drawn forward, a jerk, that the whistle 6 can be sounded at will.

At Fig. 5 I have shown a means by which the movement of the rod or plunger a is made positive and is operated both when the engine is moved forward or backward. In this case the axle of the wheels D is cranked and the rod a connected thereto by a link. It will however be evident there are other ways in which the rod or plunger 64 may be actuated through the movement of the wheels.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination, with a toy locomotive engine provided with a tubular funnel and front wheels, of a tappet bar secured between the said front wheels, a vertical rod arranged in the funnel in the upward path of the said tappet bar, and loose wool secured to the said rod and projected from the funnel at each revolution of the wheels by the said tappet bar and rod.

2. The combination, with a toy locomotive engine provided with a tubular funnel and front wheels, of a vertical rod arranged in the funnel, loose wool secured to the upper.

part of the said rod, means for reciprocating the said rod as the engine is drawn along so as to cause the wool to project from the funnel at each revolution of the wheels, a stationary abrasive surface secured to the engine, and an abrasive surface operated by the said wheels and rubbed against the stationary surface each time the wool is projected from the funnel.

3. The combination, with a toy locomotive engine, of a spring bellows concealed inside the engine, a whistle attached to the blow I 2 V v 1,394,136

pipe of the bellows, and a string for dra'wname to this specification in the presence of ing the toy along, said string being attached two subscribing witnesses. to the movable member of the bellows and I JOHN ALEXANDER BALLANTYNE. operatlng the bellows so as to blow the I whistle when jerked so as to overcome the Witnesses: I expansion spring of the bellows. H. W. DENToN-INGHAM,

In testimony whereof I have signed my E. J. DENTON-INGHAM. 

